windows server 2016

Rancher and Experimental support for Windows Server Containers

So I just noticed yesterday that Rancher now have gained experimental support for Windows Server Containres as part of their latest experimental build. This RC build has simple support for running Windows Server Containers. So in order to set it up we need to download the RC build from Docker Hub sudo docker pull rancher/server:v1.3.0-rc1 …

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Windows Server 2016 and introducing AVC 444 mode

With the upcoming release, Microsoft has been busy with adding alot of new features to the RDS platform. Like RemoteFX vGPU for GEN2 and for Server OS + GPU Passtrough and Server VDI etc.. But out the blue came this https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/rds/2016/01/11/remote-desktop-protocol-rdp-10-avch-264-improvements-in-windows-10-and-windows-server-2016-technical-preview/ Also Rachel Berry at Nvidia also blogged about the limitations on H.264 and 4:2:0 …

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Windows Azure Stack–What about the infrastructure Story?

There is no denying that Microsoft Azure is a success story, from being the lame silverlight portal with limited capabilities that it was to become a global force to be reckoned with in the cloud marketspace. Later today Microsoft is releasing their first tech preview of their Azure Stack. Which allow us to bring the …

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Setting up Storage Spaces Direct on Windows Server 2016 TP3

This is a step-by-step guide on how to setup a minimal Storage Spaces direct cluster on virtual machines running on Vmware workstation. It is also meant to enlighten people abit about the functionality which Microsoft is coming with and what it is lacking at the moment. Important thing to remember about Storage Spaces Direct it …

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